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Reducing the Risk of ‘Greenwashing’ Litigation
Businesses can reduce the risk of greenwashing suits by ensuring they can support claims on the front label and that any caveats are prominent. Back-of-the-package caveats and disclaimers are disfavored by courts.
Investigations for Self-Disclosure Should Be Independent of DOJ
When interviewing employees about possible misconduct with an eye to corporate self-disclosure, companies should avoid taking substantial direction from the DOJ, as that could provide a Fifth Amendment defense to employees facing criminal charges.
Businesses can reduce the risk of greenwashing suits by ensuring they can support claims on the front label and that any caveats are prominent. Back-of-the-package caveats and disclaimers are disfavored by courts.
When interviewing employees about possible misconduct with an eye to corporate self-disclosure, companies should avoid taking substantial direction from the DOJ, as that could provide a Fifth Amendment defense to employees facing criminal charges.
Advanced preparation and a speedy substantive response are the best ways to defeat a short seller’s attack on a company. Boards should think twice before responding with buybacks or dividends, or running to court or regulators.
The IRS is using AI to more effectively target large partnerships and high-wealth individuals that it suspects may not be paying all the taxes they owe. By the end of September, it will start audits of 75 large partnerships.
How To Guard Against a Short Attack, and How To Respond if Faced With One
Advanced preparation and a speedy substantive response are the best ways to defeat a short seller’s attack on a company. Boards should think twice before responding with buybacks or dividends, or running to court or regulators.
IRS Rolls Out Long-Planned Strategy Targeting Large Partnerships and High-Wealth Individual Taxpayers
The IRS is using AI to more effectively target large partnerships and high-wealth individuals that it suspects may not be paying all the taxes they owe. By the end of September, it will start audits of 75 large partnerships.
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